Introduction to Sustainability for Businesses

About This Course

1.1 To understand the importance of sustainable development especially for a small island city-state of Singapore.
1.2 To recognize the 17 Goals of Sustainable Development (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) and Singapore’s commitment to achieve them.
1.3 To understand Singapore Green Plan 2030 and to evaluate its impact to individual Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)’s business operation.
1.4 To identify the challenges in meeting the net-zero emission target especially for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)’s business operation.
2.1 To understand the application of the Consumer Sustainability Industry Readiness Index (COSIRI) in the assessment of a company’s sustainability performance.
2.2 To understand the company’s scope 1 & 2 emissions and identify the sources of its scope 3 emissions.
3.1 To have an overview of the sustainability standards and framework
3.2 To understand the basic process of sustainability reporting
3.3 To understand learner’s business against the sustainability backdrop
4.1 To have an overview of government policies, and consumer and business demands towards sustainability
4.2 To identify the challenges and business opportunities arising from the changing government policies and consumer and business demands towards sustainability.